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The final day of a long Presidential campaign arrives
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Frank Cotolo
3 Nov 2008 |
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"McCain looks tired," said a political expert for a Conservative press agency
who refused to be identified in case he later changed parties. "It's hard
enough to be in your seventies but to be doing all of that traveling and
talking and waving has to play a toll on an older man. Look in his eyes and
you will see fatigue."
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"Governor Palin seems to be the only one raring to keep going," said an aide
to Palin who wished to remain secret because he wants to be in a future Palin
campaign camp. "I'm not kissing her butt, though I would love to, I mean, I
am telling you that the governor can go a long time on the road and sometimes
without breathing for a hour. No one can hold their breath like Governor
Palin."
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There are an expected 150 million people to cast votes when the election is
over. That means a lot more counting than last time.
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Esther Bethester, a professional ballot counter, said, "I expect my fingers
to be aching the next day from all the counting."
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Some ballot counters, knowing of the probable volume of voters this year, went
back to school during the summer to learn to count nine-digit numbers.
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"We have been in the millions before," said another ballot counter, "but not
with nine digits. That's a lot of numbers."
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No matter who wins, everyone involved with the campaigns agrees that this has
been an historic time with twists and turns and ups and downs and everything
a campaign could possibly present and that nothing would surprise them except
if McCain won.
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